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14 the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, whose father was from Tyre. A bronze worker, he was wise, knowledgeable, and was skilled in all sorts of bronze working. He went to King Solomon and did all of his work.

15 He fashioned two bronze pillars, each one eighteen cubits[a] high, with a circumference of twelve cubits.[b] 16 He also crafted two capitals of cast bronze and set them on top of the pillars. The height of one capital was five cubits,[c] and the height of the other capital was five cubits.[d]

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  1. 1 Kings 7:15 I.e. about 27 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  2. 1 Kings 7:15 I.e. about 18 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  3. 1 Kings 7:16 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  4. 1 Kings 7:16 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches